Puppy Linux

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Puppy Linux 5.3.1 http://www.puppylinux.org/

Information

ERPXE Module

• Name: - Puppy Linux

• Version: 5.3.1

• Official website: http://www.puppylinux.org/

• License: GNU General Public License

• Wikpedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_linux

• Download: http://www.erpxe.com/downloads

• Supported from ERPXE 1.0

Plugin type

Plugin type

Puppy Linux	Anti-Virus	Deployment	Diagnostics	OS Installation	Live Media	Recovery Tools
	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments

Puppy Linux	CIFS	HTTP	Internet	NFS	Linux OS	Windows OS
	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Screen Shots

Special Information

Puppy Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that focuses on ease of use. The entire system can be run from RAM, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started.

Applications such as AbiWord (a free word processing application), Gnumeric (a spreadsheet) and MPlayer (a free multimedia player) are included, along with a wide choice of web browsers that can be installed.

The distribution was originally developed by Barry Kauler and other members of the community. The tool Woof can build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of other Linux distributions.

Linux Installation Instructions

Download puppy531-XXX.tar.gz to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract puppy531-XXX.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf puppy531-XXX.tar.gz

Download Puppy Linux 5.2.8 (Lucid) ISO Latest Version to /mnt/ :

http://puppylinux.org/main/Download%20Latest%20Release.htm

Mount ISO file to temporary location (/mnt/cdrom/)

mkdir /mnt/cdrom/
mount -o loop /mnt/lupu-528.iso /mnt/cdrom/

There are several distros in the Puppy Linux Family: Fatdog , Lucid , Quirky , Slacko , and Wary.

We used LUCID as an example - to use a diffrent version replace the folder name accordingly.

/tftpboot/er/plugins/puppy/fatdog/

/tftpboot/er/plugins/puppy/lucid/ /tftpboot/er/plugins/puppy/quirky/ /tftpboot/er/plugins/puppy/slacko/ /tftpboot/er/plugins/puppy/wary/

Copy vmlinuz to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/puppy/Template:Lucid/

We will have to repack the initrd.gz file to contain the SFS file:

Create a temporary folder:

mkdir /tftpboot/temp
cd /tftpboot/temp/

Copy initrd.gz from mounted CD to temporary folder:

cp /mnt/cdrom/initrd.gz /tftpboot/temp/

Extract and remove intird.gz file:

zcat /tftpboot/temp/initrd.gz | cpio -i -H newc -d
rm initrd.gz

Copy SFS file from mounted CD to temporary folder:

cp /mnt/cdrom/{lupu_528.sfs} /tftpboot/temp/ 

Repack the new initrd.gz file:

find | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -4 > /tftpboot/er/plugins/puppy/{lucid}/initrd.gz

Remove temporary folder:

rm -R /tftpboot/temp/

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder.

All Done!